Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
the Fourth Week of Lent
the Fourth Week of Lent
There are 15 days til Easter!
advertisement
advertisement
advertisement
Attention!
StudyLight.org has pledged to help build churches in Uganda. Help us with that pledge and support pastors in the heart of Africa.
Click here to join the effort!
Click here to join the effort!
Bible Dictionaries
Deputy
King James Dictionary
Resource Toolbox
Additional Links
DEPUTY, n.
1. A person appointed or elected to act for another, especially a person sent with a special commission to act in the place of another a lieutenant a viceroy. A prince sends a deputy to a diet or council, to represent him and his dominions. A sheriff appoints a deputy to execute the duties of his office. The towns in New England send deputies to the legislature. In the latter sense, a deputy has general powers, and it is more common to use the word representative.
2. In law, one that exercises an office in anothers right, and the forfeiture or misdemeanor of such deputy shall cause the person he represents to lose his office.
Copyright Statement
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Dictionary of Words from the King James Bible. Public Domain. Copy freely.
Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Bibliography Information
Entry for 'Deputy'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​d/deputy.html.
Entry for 'Deputy'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​d/deputy.html.